Calf-weaner



w. R. BARGER.

CALF WEANER APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1919.

1,338,606. Patented Apr. '27, 1920.

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WALTER R. BARGER, 0F BENKELMAN, NEBRASKA.

CALF-WEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed December 26, 1919. Serial No. 347,377.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVAL'rnn R; BARGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benkelman, in the county of Dundy and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Calf-lVeaner, of which the follow- This invention has reference to calf weaners and it is the primary object of the invention to provide a device of this character which may be easily applied and removed from the animal wearing the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide efficient means for locking the weaner to prevent the displacement thereof after the same has been applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which comprises comparatively few parts, and one which will be exceedingly cheap to manufacture.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure 1 illustrates a front elevational view of a weaner constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates a fragmental detailed view disclosing the means for locking the securing means to the body, and

Fig. 4 illustrates a fragmental view of the right angled flange carrying the prongs.

Referring to the drawing in detail the reference character5 designates the body of the weaner which is formed of sheet metal, to permit the device to be formed by a stamping machine, and as shown the body portion 5 is provided with lower rounded corners 6, and an upper right angled flange 7, the flange 7 being comparatively narrow and provided with a serrated edge 8, providing a plurality of prongs 9.

The body 5 is of a width to permit the same to assume a position over the mouth of a calf to which the device is applied, so

that the weaner will fall down over the mouth of the animal when the animals head is in a raised position.

Disposed in the right angled flange, in spaced relation with each other and in spaced relation with the side edges of the body 5, are the openings 9 and 10, which openings accommodate the clamping arms 11 and 12, which arms converge toward the center of the body 5 to lend resiliency to the arms 11 and 12 to provide eflicient clamping means for securing the weaner within the nose of an animal.

Disposed in spaced relation with the lower edge of the body 5, is a slot 13 extending through the body 5 of the weaner, the length of the slot being equal to the head 14 forming an integral part of the arms 11 and 12, which head is provided with an opening to receive the cotter pin 15 which when in position engages one of the surfaces of the body 5, while the up er edge of the cotter pin engages the under side of the head 14. After the cotter pin has been applied the same is of course expanded to .a position as indicated by Fig. 3 whereupon the clamping arms 11 and 12 are securely locked to the body 5.

These arms 11 and 12 are formed of a continuous length of wire material, the same being of a suliicient diameter to efliciently grip without the possibility of the same bending, and as shown, these arms are formed by bending the length of wire intermediate its length and bringing the central portions thereof into close proximity with each other and bending the intermediate portion to provide a lateral head 14, the outer or free ends of the arms extending toward each other, and provided with the enlargements 16 for contacting with the animals nose in such a way that the same will not injure the animal.

In the operation of the device, the arms 11 and 12 are moved to a position as indicated in dotted lines by Fig. 1 of the drawing, the device is now in a position to be inserted in the animals nose. The arms 11 and 12 are now moved to a position to permit the head 14 to be passed through the slot 13 of the body 5 so that the cotter pin 15 may be positioned to lock the arms 11 and 12 to the body 5. r

From the foregoing it is obvious when the head 14 is moved to a position to be inserted in the slot 13, the outer or freeends of the arms 11 and 12 are moved toward each other and the enlargements 16 are now in a clamping position and may only be removed by removing the head 14 from the slot 13 and forcing the arms 1] and 12 to an open position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing. It will be seen that movement of the arms 11 and 12 through the openings 9 and 10 causes the arms to move to and from their locked positions.

Having thus described the .invention, what is claimed is l. A calf weaner including a body portion having a right angled flange formed integral with one edge thereof, said flange having spaced openings, opposed arms extending through the openings, said body portion having a slot formed therein at a point intermediate the width of the body portion and adjacent the lower edge thereof, said arms having a right angled head provided with an opening, said head adapted to extend through the slot, and means passing through the opening in the head for locking the arms to the body portion.

2. A calf weaner including .a body portion, said body portion having a right angled flange forming one edge thereof, said flange having a pair of spaced openings, an elongated opening formed Within the body portion, a securing means including a length of wire bent intermediate its length to form a head, said head extending through the elongated opening, means for removably securing the head Within the opening, and

enlargements formed on the upper ends of the securing means.

3. A calf weaner including a body portion having a right angled flange formed integral with one edge thereof, said flange having openings, a securing means including a pair of resilient arms, means for removably securing one portion of the arms to the body, portions of said arms'extending through the openings in the flange, whereby movement of the arms, through the openings cause the same to expand and contract, and teeth formed on one edge of the flange.

t. A calf weaner including a body portion, said body portion having right angled flange forming one edge thereof, said flange having openings formed therein, a securing means including a length oil resilient material, bent intermediate its length, the free ends thereol extending through the openings, means for removably connecting the intermediate portion of the securing means to the body portion, and said free ends of the securing means adapted torbe moved with relation to each other, when the same are moved through the openings of the flange.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER R. i -.RGER.

\Vitnesses Cnnsrnn V. HALL, WV. S. PASSMORE. 

